The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) announces the completion of the main works of Al Khor Health Center, executed by the Building Projects Department to serve about 600 visitors per day, as part of the state's plan for developing health services.

Al Khor Health Centre is located in an area of 25,000 sq. m, comprising a two-level main building that includes 40 clinics, along with other health facilities such as a lab, a pharmacy, a spa, a gym, besides other annexes like a mosque, a building for support services, a garage for ambulances, and 297 parking slots.

The services covered in the main building are as follows:

Ground Floor:

- Pharmacy (6 distribution outlets and stores)

- General Clinics (18 clinical rooms)

- Women's Clinics (general clinics rooms, 2 maternity clinics, 2 well-baby rooms)

- Outpatient clinics (2 observation rooms, 2 treatment rooms, 2 blood sampling rooms, biometrics rooms, isolation room)

- Radiology department (x-ray room, mammogram room, panorama ray room, ultrasound room)

- Ladies prayer room

First Floor:

- Specialist clinics (2 ophthalmology clinics, 2 audiometry clinics, ENT). 

- Dental Clinics (10 dental clinics, one dental care study center)

- Laboratory 

- Training room

- Nutrition and dieting teaching room

- Multipurpose hall

- Public services 

Annex Buildings

- Swimming and Spa with its annexes and a gym

- Mosque and its annexes

- Support services building

- Guards building, rooms for monitoring workers

- Electrical and mechanical maintenance center

- Private garage for ambulances

- 297 car parking slots

Distinct Designs

Facilities for people with special needs

On her part, Eng. Sara Al Salhi, Building Projects Department at Ashghal,  said that the project design has considered requirements of people with special needs including signages, illustrations and Braille script, comfortable toilets, wide walkways for easy movement, auto-sensor doors, and reception desks with convenient height besides car parking spaces close to the main entrances and ramps in place of steps.

Heritage and Sustainability

The building's design also reflects the heritage and culture of Qatar without compromising international standards of safety for firefighting, besides 3-star rated GSAS environment standard. Another important design feature of the architectural design of the health center is the inclusion of next-generation technologies in the field of medical equipment and GSAS, she added.

It is worth mentioning that all criteria were also set by the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) since operational and architectural considerations were taken to accomplish a 3-star environmental level in terms of energy-saving and environmental preservation, including:

- Using solar energy for in-house water heating

- Using natural sunlight through panoramic roof windows, allowing sunlight in to save a quite bit of electricity which is used in lights and to disinfect the place.

- Rational consumption of water inside and outside the building

- Growing green areas and landscapes around the facility.

- Preserving the environment around during the implementation of the project

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Source & Cover Image Credit: Ashghal